"My impression was that the people who run it are wonderful, and that has proven to be true," she said of the Bronx Academy.

The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance.

In contrast, the contract with the Bronx Academy of Promise winnows down the dismissal process to four steps that culminate in arbitration.

The Bronx Academy of Promise leases private space, leaving it with less money to spend on salaries and benefits, officials said.

Opened in fall 2008, the Bronx Academy of Promise school has not had an easy few years.

The bridegroom, 27, teaches 10th-grade biology as a New York City teaching fellow at the Bronx Academy of Letters.

THE bulletin boards at the Bronx Academy of Letters are neither especially cheery nor a quick study.

The Bronx Academy of Letters is one of a group of small, specialized public high schools that have opened in New York City this fall.

But the lively Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance has not forgotten.

Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, 841 Barretto Street.